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Ryan Clancy: “This sales tax was touted to us as something temporary, so…”

Featuring: Ryan Clancy, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 19

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Milwaukee County approves 0.4% Sales Tax Increase: Here's why Ryan Clancy voted against it — WAN

Published | Video Starts at 04:20

If I wanted a sales tax, I wanted to be sure we had a plan for it. There is a sense of relief that the vote is over, but also a sense of real defeat here. This sales tax was touted to us as something temporary, so maybe we'll have it for 15 or 30 years. It will outlive all of us. I have yet to find a state or a local government that has put in a sales tax and then take. (04:20–04:26)

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Asserts that the sales tax is considered temporary but may last 15 to 30 years.

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